Pirates15

Directed by Reggie Yates | UK | 2021 | 1h 20m | Starring Elliot Edusah, Jordan Peters, Reda Elazouar

In London, 1999, three pirate radio DJs trying to break into the UK garage scene are determined to see in the new millennium in style. The trio pile into their tiny Peugeot car and drive across London to try and get tickets for the best new year’s eve party of their lives. Reggie Yates’s directorial debut is a joyful coming-of-age comedy brimming with vibrant performances and an evocative 90s soundtrack.

Reviews

‘The closest things to a time machine with energy that explodes off the screen. A great slice of underrepresented British life that deserves to be seen big.’
★★★★
Cheyenne Bunsie, Little White Lies

‘Fresh and funny at its best, Pirates bodes wells for Yates’s future career behind the camera’
Alex Ramon, BFI Sight and Sound Magazine

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We showed Pirates between December 17, 2021 and December 21, 2021.

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Today (Wednesday 3rd December)

15:15

Anemone 15
2h 6m
A former soldier in Northern England reunites with his estranged brother, reopening wounds from a violent, shadowed past. Daniel Day-Lewis returns in a gripping, emotionally charged family drama exploring trauma and the inescapable legacies of political and personal violence.

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18:00

Belén 15
1h 48m | Spanish w/ English subtitles
After a miscarriage in conservative Argentina, a hospitalised woman is unjustly charged with infanticide. Supported by her attorney and activists, she fights a precedent-setting case that helped ignite Argentina’s feminist movement. A powerful true-story drama, selected as Argentina’s Oscar submission.

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20:30

The Holdovers 15
2h 13m
Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Payne (Sideways) returns with his bittersweet Oscar-winning comedy starring Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly prep school teacher who forms a bond with a troubled student during the Christmas holidays.

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Tomorrow (Thursday 4th December)

15:45

The Choral 12A
Descriptive Subtitles
1h 53m
As World War I decimates membership of a Yorkshire choir, a group of teenagers and the gifted yet scandalous Dr. Guthrie step in. Ralph Fiennes anchors this poignant wartime drama written by Alan Bennett, celebrating community and music amid profound loss.

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18:15

Tampopo 15
1h 54m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
Jûzô Itami's humorous and tantalising ‘Ramen Western’ about two Japanese truck drivers who stumble upon a run-down fast food noodle stop and agree to help the woman in charge of the struggling business.

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20:45

The Choral 12A
1h 53m
As World War I decimates membership of a Yorkshire choir, a group of teenagers and the gifted yet scandalous Dr. Guthrie step in. Ralph Fiennes anchors this poignant wartime drama written by Alan Bennett, celebrating community and music amid profound loss.

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